ENOUSH LANOUAOE ANO LITERATURE (Code No.

1M)
CLASS-X
2024-25

SECTION· WISE WEIGHTAGE

:,ecllon1 welgntage

A Readina Skffls 140 oeriods l' 20 Marks

8 WritinQ Skils with Grammar (40 periods}' 20 Marks
C Language through Literature (50 periods)" 40 Marks

S.ctlonA

RHdlng Skllla

I. RHdlng Comprehenalon through UnaMn P■-aage 20 Manca

1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 m■rtca)

2. Case-based factual passage (with visual Input- statistical data, chart ate.) of 200-250 words.
(10 martca)

(Tot■ l l•ngth of two pnugea to be I00-700 worda)

Multiple Choice Questions/ Objective Type Questions, and Short Answer Questions (to be
answered in 30-40 words) will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis,
Inference, evaluation and vocabulary.

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Writing Skllla and Grammar
II Grammar 10 Manca

• Determiners
• Tenses
• Models
• Subject - verb concord
• Reported speech
o Commands and
requests
o Statements
o Questions

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3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical
~ems and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelfing, punctuation and grammar in context wYI
be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editinglransformation exercises. Ten out of 12 questions
will have to be attempted.

Ill Writing Skill• 10 m■rtc■

4. Writing a Formal Letter based on a given situation, in 100-120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered. 5 m■rtca

5. Writing an Analytical Paragraph in 100-120 words on a given Map/ CharU Graph/Cue/s.

One out d two questions is to be answered. 5 m■rtc•

Section C 40 Marte•
l.anguag• through LltaratUN
IV. Rafarance to the Context (5+5 • 10 Manca)

8. One extract out of two from Drema/ Prose.

7. One extract out of two from poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions Very Short Answer Questions (one
word/ One sentence), Short Answer Questions (to be answered in 30-40 words) will be
asked to assess inference, analysis, Interpretation, evaluation and vocabulary.

V. Short & Very Long Ana-, Questlona 30 Manca

8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the
bookFIRST FLIGHT to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
4x3a12 m■rtca

9. Two out of T hree Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from
FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and
evaluation. 2x3-■6 manes
10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about
100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and
across the text. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the
text 6 mane•
11.One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, on
theme or plot involving int8fl)f8talion, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or
character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words. 6 marks

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 Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhl
1. FIRST FLIGHT

A. Pron

1. A Letter to God
2. Nelson Mandela • Long Walk to Freedom
3. Stories About Flying
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
5. Glimpses of India
6. Mijbil the Otter
7. Madam Rides the Bus
8. The Sermon al Benares
9. The Proposal (Play)

B. Poems
1. Dusi of Snow
2. Fire and Ice
3. A Tiger in the Zoo
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
s. The Ball Poem
6. Amanda!
7. TheTrees
8. Fog
9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
10. For Anne Gregory

2. FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

I. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thiefs Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
s. Footprints Without Feet
6. The Making ci a Scientist
7. The Necklace
8. Bholi
9. The Book that Saved the Earth

3. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS - II (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS X) - Units 1 to 4 andUnlta 7

to 11

Not.: Teac:herw are advlud to:

(i) encourage interaction among peers, students and teac:hers through activities such as
role play, discussions, group work etc.
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(•) reduce teacher-talking time end keep II lo the minimum.

(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate end to marshal their
ideas and express and defend their views, and

(iv) follow the Speaking and Listening activilies given in the NCERT books.
Besides measuring teaming outcome. texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing
mistakes and areas of non-learning. To make evaluation a true index ci learners'
knowledge, each language skills to be assessed through a judicious mixture of different
types of questions.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Ustenlnc and SpHklnc Competencies 30 Periods

~s.sment of ListeninB and Speaking Skills will be for OS marks.

It is recommended that listening and speaking skills should be regularly practiced .

Art-lntearated projects based on activities like Role Play, Skit, Dramatization etc. must be used.
Please nfer to the Circular no. Acad-33/2020 dated 14"' May zozo at the
http;//cbscacadcmlc.nk.ln/wcb ro11cdal/Clrculars/2020/33 Cjrcular 2020.pdl for detaY.s

Guldellnn for the AaHSsment of Listening and Speaking Skills are given at Annexure I.